instill
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
impart gradually
Her presence instilled faith into the children
Types & categories
- contribute hypernym
- breathe hyponym
Sense 2 verb
enter drop by drop
instill medication into my eye
Types & categories
- insert hypernym
Related & opposite
- instillation derivation
- instillator derivation
- instillation derivation
Sense 3 verb
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Types & categories
- impress hypernym
Related & opposite
- inculcation derivation
- impressive derivation
Sense 4 verb
teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate values into the young generation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inculcation derivation
Sense 5 verb
fill, as with a certain quality
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
Types & categories
- fill hypernym
Related & opposite
- infusion derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | contribute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breathe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instillation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instillator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instillation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | insert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inculcation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | impressive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | impress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inculcation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | drill |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | din |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | infusion |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |